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180 - Antonius Marcus Aurelius [Marcus Verus], Emperor of Rome, dies at age 58.

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432 - Saint Patrick, a bishop, is carried off to Ireland as a slave.

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455 - Roman senator Petronius Maximus becomes Emperor.

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461 - (according to legend) Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland, dies at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland.

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659 - Gertrudis van Nijvel, saint/patron of travellers, dies at about age 32.

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1040 - Harold British King (1035-40), dies.

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1473 - Birth of James IV king of Scotland (1488-1513).

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1516 - Giuliano de' Medici monarch of Florence, dies at age 37.

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1521 - Magelhaes lands on Homohon.

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1526 - French king François I freed from Spain.

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